Details
Title Fountain - Franklin Square, Phila. [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1870
Date [ca. 1870]
Physical Description 1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 9 x 18 cm.(3.25 x 6.75 in.)
Description View showing the working central marble fountain in the public square, originally known as the Northeast Square, laid out between Race, Vine, North Sixth, and North Franklin streets. Built in 1837, the fountain was one of several improvements to the square following the relinquishment of the grounds by the German Reformed Church circa 1836. Also shows buildings lining the plaza in the distant background. Square renamed in 1825.
Notes Title from label on negative.
Yellow mount with rounded corners.
Gift of Diane M. Gorham.
Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 117.
Arcadia caption text: ... The square also contained a noted central marble fountain built in 1837 that can be seen in the c. 1870 photograph below. The fountain was one of several improvements to the square following the relinquishment of the grounds by the German Reformed Church c. 1836.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Plazas -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Fountains -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Franklin Square (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Race Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 600 block.
Genre Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - unidentified - Parks & squares [P.2005.29]
Accession number P.2005.29